Gavin Watson’s cult documentary photo book Skins chronicles the radical and inclusive spirit which originally animated the emerging skinhead culture of 70s Britain.”— Dazed

A young skinhead boy in the late 1970s or early 1989s wearing a shirt and suspenders while sitting on a train It was like it disappeared out of sight': Omid Scobie admits he was confused Harry and Meghan DIDN'T mention 'racist royal' scandal in Netflix doc or Prince's memoir Spare - as he claims Duchess and King Charles STILL don't 'see eye to eye' over issueBut alongside their shared musical references, the photographer does concede that the skins also “looked cool”. “It’s American 50s prep, really,” he explains. “Maybe not the boots, but the chinos, the tight trousers, the smart Levi’s and the Ben Sherman shirts. It’s very classic. It wasn’t made up by the skins, it came from Americana, really.” Hosken, Graeme. Gavin Watson's BMW was in for mechanical repairs: company car explained, TimesLIVE, 26 August 2019. Retrieved on 26 August 2019. Their style was an exaggerated version of the traditional unskilled laborer. One of the first scholars to research skinheads, sociologist Mike Brake, classified skinheads as a “traditional working-class delinquent subculture” and documented five traits that defined first-generation British skinheads: toughness and violence; football (soccer), ethnocentrism, Puritan work ethic; and a cynical worldview. Nothing has changed. It’s got a lot more solidified. I used to feel isolated about how much bullshit was out there that we saw through at an early age. We had to rebel. I’m glad the next generation woke up and started to piss off these people in power – it’s beautiful!” Forde, Fiona (19 May 2007). "The struggle continues for Watson sons". iol.co.za . Retrieved 2 April 2017.

Punk lent itself to violence through its embrace of aggressive music and teenage angst. Skinheads reflected this new influence by combining the exaggerated imagery of the original skinhead style with punk.While the movement is sometimes today associated with the far-right, with groups such as the National Front using the look and incorporating into a neo-Nazi design, its origins are very far removed from that, being founded in inclusivity.

Northern soul was a music and dance movement that grew out of the British mod scene in northern England in the late 1960s, largely inspired by the faster tempo and darker sounds of mid-60s American soul music. Records emerging from the Northern Soul scene became known as ‘stompers’ for their soulful vocals and heavy beats. In January 2019, former Bosasa Chief Operating Officer (COO), Angelo Agrizzi, while testifying at the State Capture Inquiry, implicated Watson and many senior government officials in serious allegations of corruption and money laundering. [4] [5] Death [ edit ] Skins by Gavin Watson has been argued as being 'the single most important record' of 1970s skinhead culture in Britain, who have possibly been one of the most reviled yet misunderstood the nation's youth subcultures.The growth of the right-wing National Front and its recruitment of youth merely increased the amount of conflict present in the skinhead subculture. Punk shows and Ska shows were marred by skinhead violence. Even American newspapers covered the race riots that exploded in London in 1981. The vicious royal assassination that shames even Harry and Meghan's odious cheerleader: MAUREEN CALLAHAN - who's read Omid Scobie's Endgame so you don't have to - is horrified at its unblushing cruelty DAISY GOODWIN: Why I believe a good funeral can be just as memorable and life-affirming as a wedding (and to deny your family one is selfish), as more than half of us say a formal send-off is a waste of money

DD: What do you think is the noticeable red thread running through your photography? If you feel it is a 'style' as such? Cilliers, Charles (15 September 2019). "Gavin Watson was already dead before his crash, private pathologist finds". citizen.co.za . Retrieved 16 September 2019. My pictures went unseen until years after when they were discovered in a box amongst thousands at a community darkroom facility which I used to make prints. They were selected for a book about youth culture. And that’s when it all started, my first book was published and I was part of a street style exhibition in the Victoria & Albert Museum. But I wasn’t prepared for any form of success, it all went over my head. Laurence Fox denies 'brutal' divorce from Billie Piper turned him into a 'weaponised anti-woke bad boy' as he claims tweets branding him 'racist' were an 'organised pile-on' to destroy his careerA decade later, when Shane Meadows made This is England, I was able to deal with what I’d created. He discovered my book and made a story out of it — it’s very close to the bone, like watching my life. I'm not in a relationship': Love Island's Gemma Owen SPLITS from boxer Prince Naseem Hamed's son Adam as star confirms she's single again Hamas terrorists hand over a dozen more hostages: Girl, 17, clutching pet dog, several Israeli pensioners and two Thai nationals are among the group set free as ceasefire enters its final day Gavin Watson: The answer to that is I didn't. I was 15 years old and photographing my mates and my brother, it was the subject that surrounded me and just so happened to be on my door step. Skins and Punks was not a subject that I intentionally set out to photograph, it was my life. The images I created were down to me being a fast worker, I kept things very simple using the one camera and film, this is very much the way I still work today. Bosasa was described as an ally of the ANC and donated about R3,000,000 to the ANC's 2014 election campaign. [13] Watson also made a personal donation of about R500,000 to Cyril Ramaphosa's successful campaign to become president of the ANC. [14]